Chapter 313: Small Merchants and Big Corporations

The garden actually began to miss the strict Ali Lianye, which was rare before.

"Whew," said Sonoko, wallowing in bed, "where the hell has Miss Eli gone, she knows Sapporo so well, where are we going to play without her leading the way?" ”

Xiaolan said: "It's okay, Yuanzi, we can go out and play by ourselves, even if we can't go to the attractions in the suburbs, there will be a carnival in the city recently, and we can take the children to play together." ”

Yuan Zi took out his mobile phone and fiddled: "But the problem is, now Conan's little ghost doesn't know where to go, Ji Haihong went shopping and hasn't come back yet, Ah Zhen has just been discharged from the hospital and is busy with college sports activities, I'm really miserable......"

As Sonoko said, Kyogoku is really busy, and he has his own work to do. It's just that he's now sitting in a tea restaurant with another person, talking about important things.

chose to talk about important things in a place like a tea restaurant, and there was no one else except Ji Haihong. The last incident had a great negative impact on Kyogoku, after all, this "smashing nobleman" who was often hyped by the media was easily knocked down by the prisoner when he was acting bravely, and the day of the college sports exchange was getting closer and closer, Kyogoku didn't know how to save his reputation.

The only choice he could make was to defeat the murderer, but even the police didn't know where the murderer was, so how could he, Kyogoku, really know?

Then, Ji Haihong finds him and reveals his intentions - he has a way to get Kyogoku to redeem his honor.

"What's your method?" Kyogoku really didn't believe it, could he have found the prisoner's hiding place?

"Don't think about it, my friend, if it weren't for Sister Yuanzi's sake, I wouldn't help you, give me your mobile phone number, I'll call you, waiter, this gentleman pays."

Kyogoku really looked at Ji Haihong's departing back, a little confused.

Conan plans to go to the victim's temporary residence to investigate after he has completed this road. What he didn't expect was that he saw a familiar figure on the route of Erebos' escape.

The figure flashed by, and when Conan chased after him, all he saw was empty alleys. The wind blew, and Conan shivered a little, and he quickly walked the whole way, leaving the place where the atmosphere was oppressive.

Walking into the warm sunlight, Conan realized how strange his mood and reaction were. He recalled the scene he had just seen, and couldn't help but wonder if it was a hallucination in his brain.

The chill on his body is dispelled by the sun, and Conan arrives at the victim's residence, which has been cordoned off by the police. Because the on-site investigation has ended, there are no police officers here. Conan removed the seal from the door, put on his gloves and shoe covers, and pulled out a key to open the door.

The victim lived in a three-story apartment building with the usual 1DK (one-bedroom apartment with dining room and kitchen). There was nothing in the desk drawer, and the documents in it were all taken by the police for analysis. Conan wasn't worried about this, and Ji Haihong would soon be able to get a copy of these documents from Toru Amuro.

This feels so cool, although the investigation is still carried out secretly, Conan feels that he has already incarnated into a veteran driver who has been racing all the way. The intersections ahead are all green lights, the road is smooth, and there is no traffic police to check the car. There's no need to use bugs, there's no need to gather intelligence from anyone, just a word, and what you want will appear soon.

The police investigation work is very meticulous, and Conan walked around the house, where there seemed to be nothing but the traces of life left by the victim.

The only thing left is the words before death.

"Suzu...... The thief ...... "Conan had a headache, and the last words of the deceased must be simple and easy to understand." The problem is, he died before he finished speaking! What to do about this, how to analyze this sentence? The background of the deceased is normal, he is a serious businessman, there is no enemy, there is no conflict of interests, and there is no love and hatred.

Erebos was a member of the Black Order, and it was hard to imagine why he would kill such an inconsequential small businessman.

Unless the deceased is related to the organization. From the various signs after the murder of Erebos, it can be inferred that he did not want to get anything out of the victim in this way. Before killing, he made careful arrangements, and after killing, he immediately fled, just killing for the sake of killing. Either the victim offended the organization, or the victim threatened the organization.

Leaving the room without a clue, Conan closed the door and took out a new seal and stuck it on the door. He had put away the old seal, and no one would see that there was anything wrong. The apartment as a whole is old, and there are some advertising posters on the walls. Conan immediately returned to the hotel, where he urgently needed information about the victim and wanted to find clues from it.

Gray Yuan was reading a fashion magazine in the room, Ji Haihong took the express and just entered the door with his front foot, and Conan caught up with him behind.

"It's quite efficient," Ji Haihong handed over the express mail in his hand to Conan and glanced at Gray Yuan, "Let's talk in another room." ”

Gray Yuan is indifferent to their anomaly, and Ji Haihong has already revealed some things to her. She supports Ji Haihong, because they can't live secretly for the rest of their lives.

The shipment was sent by Amuro, and after the police had analyzed all of the victim's documents, he was given a copy. In addition, the victim's call records, Internet access records, and information from memory cards were also attached to the shipment.

Seriously, Conan is starting to like Toru Amuro.

The two began to "make copies", and most of the relics of the deceased were documents and materials prepared to participate in this exchange meeting. What kind of account transfer information, the current situation of the Suzuki Foundation, the stock market information of the Suzuki Foundation, statistics related to agriculture and business, etc. These jumbles serve no purpose other than to prove that the deceased was a well-prepared person. As for his call logs and the information in his memory card, they can't help them get valuable clues for the time being.

"Wait a minute." Conan suddenly noticed that there was something familiar in these documents.

It is a poster, a poster about this agricultural exchange meeting. The name of the Suzuki Foundation was printed on it, and it was then that Conan remembered that he had found a similar poster in the victim's residence. The poster was posted right in front of the door, and it seemed like it was done unintentionally, but it was actually very close.

It's no surprise that most of the material in the legacy documents is also related to the Suzuki Foundation. Strangely, if you connect the last words of the deceased, the poster in front of the door, and the documents left behind -- there seems to be some kind of gossamer connection.

"Suzu...... If the bell in "thief ......" refers to the Suzuki Foundation, then what does "thief" mean? Maybe it was because of this sentence that he died.

Who would put up a poster of this kind of exchange in front of their house? What does that mean? In order to confirm his thoughts, Conan began to carefully review the call logs and online history.

"The deceased was well-connected and frequent, and he probably knew the inside story related to the Suzuki Foundation, and perhaps, it was because of this that Erebos killed the killer." Conan said to Ji Haihong.

"What could he know, even if he did, why would Erebos kill him? Could it be that the Suzuki Foundation is connected to the organization? ”

The two looked at each other in silence: "How can this be ......?"

Ji Haihong said jokingly: "You think too much, if the deceased really has the inside story of the so-called Suzuki Foundation, how does he know?" It's just a small dealer, I think, he must be a member of the organization, disguised as a dealer on the surface, but he doesn't know what to do. ”

Very common means, Conan also saw a lot. Many members of the organization are ostensibly engaged in all kinds of ordinary jobs, but in fact they work for the organization.

What to do, is the clue that I just discovered broken again?

"Wait a minute," Ji Haihong suddenly said, "That's not right, Conan." ”

"What's wrong?"

"What the deceased revealed before his death must have been very important information, even if it was not comprehensive, it was enough for us to investigate, if he and the Suzuki Foundation really had a relationship - or even a connection?"

Speaking out his doubts, Ji Haihong was relieved. Thankfully, he had encountered something before, otherwise he really wouldn't have remembered.

Conan's heart became open: "That's right, our detection direction is wrong, I didn't expect that as the deceased, there would be a connection with the Suzuki Foundation." ”

"The Suzuki Foundation will not contact this kind of small dealer, or on the surface, this makes sense, you just said that the residence of the deceased is pasted with a poster of the Suzuki Foundation, and the surrounding environment is very dilapidated, hehe, this is a common method, you should have figured it out."

The poster seems to be an advertisement, but it is not. In terminology, it should be called a "sign".

This "sign" is to tell people in the know that he lives there.

"I didn't expect it to be explained by us like this," Ji Haihong said happily, "This is the rhythm of a spy war blockbuster?" However, since Erebos knew the route of the deceased, did he not know where the deceased lived? Why go to great lengths to kill people in public? ”

Conan straightened his glasses: "Actually, we may take it for granted, the place where the deceased lived was only known after the police investigation and visit, it was old, deserted, and difficult for ordinary people to find, maybe Erebos knew the deceased's route of movement, but did not know where he lived." ”

"What a complicated feeling, what are your plans?"

"This case is very peculiar, we knew the identity of the murderer from the beginning, but we couldn't tell the police, we guessed that there was some conspiracy in the organization, so we tried our best to find out the motive for Errebos's murder and the true identity of the deceased, alas, can we still call it a case?"

Ji Haihong held his shoulders and comforted: "Don't sigh, finding the murderer is also part of solving the case, at least we can't let people die in vain, right?" ”

――TBC――

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